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Vintage Badge in Illustrator and Photoshop

Vintage Badge in Illustrator and Photoshop
It's been more than two weeks since I've finally moved permanently to California, USA. Before the big move I was playing with Illustrator and Photoshop to create a vintage look badge. After a few hours trying different typefaces I got a nice result and published it on my Dribbble profile. I have received quite a few emails since I published that asking me how I did the effect, so in this tutorial I will show you how to create a vintage look badge using Illustrator and Photoshop Step 1 Open Illustrator and create a new document. Step 2 Go to Effect>Stylize>Round Corner. Step 3 Duplicate the star with round corners and then rotate it like the image below. Step 4 Select the cyan start with round corners and then go to Window>Transparency. Step 5 For the typography I used Carnivalee Freakshow for the words California, 2011 and here I come. Step 6 Now with the Ellipse Tool (L) create an ellipse like the image below, then with the Type on Path Tool add the words World Wild Web West. Step 7 Step 8

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Create a clean retro badge in Adobe Illustrator In this tutorial we are going to create a clean retro-looking badge/burst in Adobe Illustrator. These are great for adding to a website, advertisement, etc to help the text stand out. Step 1 First off we are going to open up a 1200x1200px document in Adobe Illustrator. Type out “AWESOME TUTORIALS BY DENIS DESIGNS” in black for now. Step 2 Change the font size of “TUTORIALS” to 250pt, “AWESOME” to 60pt, and “BY DENIS DESIGNS” to 35pt. Step 3 Now we are going to start adding some shapes to our burst. Step 4 Click on Type>Create Outlines, this will make our text into lines and points, which will be easier to deal with. Step 5 Go to View, and make sure Smart Guides is checked. Select the Ellipse tool (L) and while holding Shift and Alt, make a circle starting at the center of the box. We also want to make a star/burst that will be a little wider than the circle. Step 6 We want to take the inner circle we made and shrink it down a little bit, while holding Shift and Alt. Step 7 Step 8 Step 9 Step 10

How to Create a Cartoon House in Illustrator Final Image Preview This Adobe Illustrator tutorial is not very difficult but still it is designed for those who know Adobe Illustrator at least a little bit. I will show you how I draw the elements of vector scene. Basically, I use simple techniques. You don’t need just to copy everything; learn some basic techniques and nuances of Adobe Illustrator’s tips. Step 1 So, let’s start! Draw a sketch of a house (I usually use Photoshop for this) and then paste it into Adobe Illustrator. Step 2 Below the sketch create an outline of the house with the Pen Tool (P). Copy and paste the result shape to the front (Cmd / Ctrl + C; Cmd / Ctrl + F). Step 3 With the Pen Tool (P) create a shape of a roof. Then create a shape of clarified part of the roof. Then create shades and reflection of the sky. Step 4 Create strips on the roof which will illustrate its heterogeneity. Create some more small details which will convey the play of light on the edges of the roof. Step 5 Draw a shade on the house. Step 6 Step 7

Create Sonic The Hedgehog Opening on Illustrator The other day while I was cleaning up some stuff in my bedroom I've found my Sega Genesis - Mega Drive in Brazil, one of the first 16 bit consoles released in the 90s. I remember most of my friends were more into Mario Bros because they had a SuperNES. I played Mario Bros years later, but at that time my eyes were focused only on playing frenetically Sonic The Hedgehog almost everyday. So, continuing our "nostalgic tutorials" series this one will be about this classic game opening, sure this will probably give you some really good memories so let's do it. Just a warning before we can proceed: this is an more advanced and step forward tutorial, so a previous knowledge of the software and the character will be really helpful. Tunnel I kind of don't know If that's a tunnel or a giant ring on the opening titles, anyway the first thing you should do after creating a new document on illustrator is to create a perfect circle using the ellipse tool (L) + shift. Make another one inside of it.

Back-to-School With 40 Excellent Adobe Illustrator Tutorials Advertisement Learning is a process which continues throughout the life of an artist, graphic designer, and illustrator. Along the way, designers find the task of mastering Adobe Illustrator a large obstacle which requires practice and experience in using the vector-based application. Practice comes in the form of tutorials, which offer tips, tricks, and artistic styles from other designers who have mastered certain techniques based on their experience. From these tutorials, a designer can polish their skillsets on a variety of topics which will strengthen their own artwork. This post presents 40 excellent simple to complex Illustrator tutorials and presents the overall techniques of each tutorial, summarized in a brief overview. Illustrator Tutorials Gradient Mesh Bell Pepper Tutorial Use multiple smaller Meshes to create a realistic objectLearn to use the Eyedropper Tool (I) to sample colors from a reference photo How to create a Television Icon Illustrate a Malevolent Skull in 8 Steps

Quick tip: Make a Worm on Illustrator Hi everyone, today I'm going to show you some quick tips on how to make a simple but effective vector illustration inspired on the classic video game, Worms. If you are from the 80's or 90's you probably heard of it or had the chance to play it, it is "the predecessor of Angry Birds" in the words of my mate Mike Austin. On this quick tip I will have a more tradicional illustration approach, focusing less on tools and more on drawing and logic, hope you guys appreciate it and show your version on the comments, have a good time. Sketch Sometime ago I thought that movement lines, geometric shapes and croquis were totally bullshit, but the thing is you can't make a proportional and equilibrated illustration without a appropriate sketch of it. So first I made a rough line of the movemment/pose I wanted. I opened Photoshop to draw the sketch, I divided the body in a circle that would be the head, neck, breast, belly and limbs (or sort of). The Worm Use the brush tool (B) to make the stroke on it.

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